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Killer 2 hour workout from two titans of D&B / Jungle - Randall + GQ.

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Randall & GQ @ Alchemy Summer Festival 2021

Commemorating his recently released debut LP for Samurai Music, Moscow resident Torn tears through a trademark selection of DnB from the outer edges of the genre.

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The Daddy Randall, the DJ’s DJ, the inspiration and role model for nearly all other drum and bass DJs such as Andy C and Friction. He’s been DJing since the mid 80’s, and ripping up drum and bass raves since they began, so it’s fair to say he knows a thing or two about this game!

SUNANDBASS Podcast #23 comes from none other than DJ Randall, and we’re super chuffed to have him join us for the series. Almost 90 minutes of live, fresh, real beats, this one’s chock full of dubs of course, so make sure you lock in and listen carefully for another top drawer lesson!


SUNANDBASS Podcast #23 - Randall

Grooverider & Bad Company & Mc Fearless @ United Dance - 27/09/2003

Ed Rush & Optical Essential Mix 07-02-99

The daddy Randall rolling out live for Metalheadz at Outlook Festival!

Randall- Outlook Festival, 07.09.14

2017-06-10 - Randall & Doc Scott feat. Conrad & DRS @ Break Thru - Soulution (4Marcus) 
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2017-06-10: Break Thru, "Soul:ution (4Marcus)": Amusement 13, Birmingham, UK

2017-06-10 - Randall & Doc Scott feat. Conrad & DRS @ Break Thru - Soulution (4Marcus)

Recorded at Broken Minds, Friday 24th January at Hare & Hounds, Birmingham

Dj Escape - Broken Minds 24th Jan

Project Human was essentially the launch point for my drum and bass label Human Imprint (the name of the cd was meant to tie in with the label name). It was a culmination of what I had been trying to do conceptually over the past few years and really set the template for all future mix projects - Big, cinematic voiceover intros. Remixes done specifically for my mixes. Big big tunes. Music that I had a hand in. Around this time I had started to get serious with making music and had partnered up with my dear friend Chris “Kaos” Ritter. He is featured on quite a few of the tunes on here. The first 12” release on Human Imprint was the Stratus tune “You Must Follow” and this provided Chris and I a remix opportunity to get our production feet wet. This was followed by our remix of a hip-hop track I really enjoyed by Styles And Beyond called “Subculture”. Originally I had this track remixed by Dylan and Ink for this mix, but I wasn’t especially fond of their effort and they unfortunately refused to put any more work into it. This inspired me and Kaos to do our own take on it, which is what appears here. Pretty proud of the details in that one to be honest. Looking over the tracklist…there was just a lot of really cool stuff that came together for this mix. Lots of remixes of disco house tunes (Robbie Rivera, Funk Parlor, Billy Lo). Remixes of seminal Moving Shadow tunes (Quadrant 6, The Shadow). I helped create a short lived North American drum and bass production “supergroup” called Weapon that has two remixes on here. Such awesome memories working on those tunes. We were actually in the middle of the Reborn remix (one of my favorite personal projects) when 9/11 happened. Never forget indeed. The artwork on this release was handled by the amazing WeWorkForThem boys (Michael Young and Michael Cina). They used images from a photoshoot I did with famed photographers Kelly and Meyers. I asked WWFT to remove my mouth in the images so I resembled the faces from the Human Imprint logo. The voiceover for the intro was my first ever voice actor hire. Aaaand it was Don LaFontaine himself, the most legendary voice actor of all time (“The Voice Of God”). I remember when he sent me the DAT with his voiceover takes on it. I listened to it in headphones and literally got the chills. So fucking amazing. Unfortunately around the time I was working on this intro, another DJ (Bad Boy Bill) made an internet promo that was supposed to sound like a movie trailer. It used a couple of the exact lines from my Project Human intro by coincidence! So I had to go back and rewrite those lines and have Don re-record them. Sad to say the version of the script was better (and the sound quality on the voice takes were better) in the original. Oh well. Of all of the mixes I have released, Project Human has seemed to resonate with drum and bass fans the most. I am quite proud of it.

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TRACKLIST

Dieselboy + Joshua Ryan - Genesis
Optical + Ryme Tyme - Shapecharge
Styles Of Beyond - Subculture (Dieselboy + Kaos VIP)
The Funk Parlor - Something For The Dancefloor (Underfire Remix)
Stratus - You Must Follow (Dieselboy + Kaos Remix)
Stakka + Skynet + Friction - Altitude (Fierce + Ryme Tyme VIP)
Dylan + DJ Ink - California Curse (Technical Itch Remix)
Billy Lo - Carjacker (Ram Trilogy Remix)
Robbie Rivera - Harder And Faster (Weapon Vs E-Sassin Remix)
Kemal + Rob Data - Hostile
Usual Suspects + Loxy - Stalker (Danny C Remix)
Rob + Goldie - The Shadow (Hive VIP)
Dom + Roland - Soundwall (Dom + Roland VIP)
Dom + Optical - Quadrant 6 (E-Sassin VIP)
Rascal + Klone - Terminal Velocity
Technical Itch - Reborn (Weapon Remix)
Bad Company - Mindgames
Dieselboy + Joshua Ryan - Revelations

Project Human

System Upgrade was my 4th and final mix CD release for Moonshine back in 2000. I was on a roll at this point, given that my last CD “Soldier’s Story” had been released only one year before. I was super motivated by the freedom that I had finally been given to select all of the music in my mixes, and this tracklist reflects a truly diverse selection of really great drum and bass from that era. Being able to kick things off with the remix of “Mindscan” by the legends Ed Rush and Optical was truly an honor for me. At that time stateside artists and DJs were still struggling with garnering respect from the UK. I feel that this mix was sort of a transition for building trans-Atlantic relationships during that unfortunately tense era. Dillinja came through with a beast of a remix for American super producer Hive with “Ultrasonic Sound”. Decoder did serious justice to his remix of my tune “The Descent”. And E-Sassin was one of my favorite artists at the time and straight killed it with tracks like “Symptom”. A true American DNB classic. The rest of the mix was filled out with plenty of great music from the likes of Bad Company (the first time they licensed a tune for the American market), Kemal and Rob Data AKA Konflict and of course Dom + Roland, Tech Itch, etc. Was always super happy with the tunes I was able to get for this one. And yes, this was another mix I did in my pajamas sitting on the floor of my living room in my apartment in Philadelphia. Very classy! The artwork was handled by Justin Fines, otherwise known as Demo Design. I discovered his work on a flier at a rave in Detroit back in the 90s. He was way beyond most flier designers at that point in time. Currently he is killing it in the world of TV commercials here in NYC. Was very lucky to have him on board for this project. The concept of the mix was elevating consciousness through music. This theme played out through the title of the mix, the graphics, the liner notes, and the intro (which was a collaboration between myself and a Mr Justin Geller). Here is a fun story. The rainforest environment FX in the intro were recorded in binaural sound (that means in headphones they should sound like they are in true 3D audio). We also used a sample from one of my favorite new age / synth artists at the time named Steve Roach. Outside of the new age music scene I didn’t think he was well known. Buuut…Moonshine ended up getting contacted by his lawyers for my illegal sampling of his track. I had to forfeit all of my income from the CD to pay Steve Roach back for using his music in my intro without clearance. To this day I am still not sure how he found about it. Long story short, “System Upgrade” is a mix that reflected the vibe of drum and bass at the time and it was a very important stepping stone between what I had previously been doing before mix wise and what I would go on to do with the “6ixth Session” and future mixes. And, to this day, people still tell me that it is their favorite mix. I don’t disagree. I feel like this was an important moment in the progression of the  US drum and bass scene.

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TRACKLIST

Dieselboy - Loading Program
Ram Trilogy - Mindscan (Ed Rush + Optical Remix)
E-Sassin - Symptom
Hive - Ultrasonic Sound (Dillinja Remix)
Biostacis - Brain Hack
Dom + Roland - Can’t Punish Me
Decoder - Road Rage
Future Cut - Overload
Kemal + Rob Data - Konspiracy VIP
Stakka + Skynet - Side Effects
Dieselboy - The Descent (Decoder Remix)
Jonny L - Selecta
Decoder - Dumb
Facs + B-Key - Antics
Technical Itch - Deadline
Bad Company - Sentient 
Absolute Zero - The Code (Usual Suspects VIP)

System Upgrade

Fresh from being inducted into Drum&BassArena’s Hall of Fame, we welcome Randall to the Bassic mix series.

The man hardly needs an introduction but Randall is without doubt one of the scenes pioneers with over 25 years in the game and is still as relevant as ever. He’s closing off this year in fine style and enters 2017 with a packed schedule of high profile club shows and festivals. 

Randall’s contribution to the ever-growing catalogue of Bassic mixes epitomises exactly what he’s about, and once again cements his reputation as a DJ’s DJ.

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Randall hosted the Metalheadz #DNB60 in October with a bunch of past, present and forthcoming label material.

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Metalheadz DNB60 with Randall - BBC Radio 1 (October 2017)

DJ Randall performing in his own true imitable style @ the legendary Sun and Bass/Serato event held in San Toedoro, Italy - for event info visit: http://www.sunandbass.net. For Randall bookings contact: tmgagency@gmail.com / bookings@tmgsonik.com  

Randall Live @ Serato Party/Sun and Bass * Sept 09

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DJ Randall with Breakage & SP:MC  - 28th May 2019

Its 2 years ago today we lost our man Duncan Busto aka Spirit. Feels like there's a big black empty hole where he used to be... (And there's a mahussive hole in my DJ sets too!!!) we all miss him! So back in Feb this year we had a cracking night for him @ Village Underground on Sunday 9th Feb 2020 featuring a quality line-up. Massive thanks to each & every DJ & MC who performed on the night, even our crew that couldn’t make it to the show due to the adverse weather & severe storms cancelling flights, trains & causing havoc on the roads…! 

But mostly we want to thank you all for the love & support when it comes to Duncan. You guys are just the best for showing up in full and making it such a great vibe, we had all crews in the building from across the UK & Europe! Hit the links below and listen back to the night & enjoy. RIPSpirt

Doc Scott Bailey Bryan Gee with Blackeye Moose

If you like what you hear, then support the scene by buying the original packs, all searchable on Google, and of course all other reputable search engines.

This is by no means an exhaustive collection, this is MY PERSONAL collection uploaded to here for safe keeping in case of HDD failure.

Huge thanks out to Cligga ( Clayton Hines ) from Renegade Hardware for the standing permission and acknowledgement of the packs posted.

Its evident that some people need to link social sites as this is their own page.
The only external sites i am on, are the links below.
Please DO NOT request sets, this is MY ONLINE BACKUP, all that will be posted, is on here already.
Nothing is posted anywhere else by me, except here.
It isn't a trophy thing, nor I've a bigger collection than you thing, I've been doing this scene for 32 years solid. 
This is an online BACKUP for ME and listening too for FREE for you ONLY.



Grooverider & Bad Company & Mc Fearless @ United Dance - 27/09/2003

Eaxsound - Birmingham/Swindon

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